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Convert
Version 1.0
A Unit Conversion Utility
Copyright (c) Gries Toy Company
29 April 1992
Convert is a program to convert between various units (such as
feet to meters or gallons to liters) in a particular dimension (such
as length, volume, etc.). It was written in Visual Basic Ver 1.00
and therefore REQUIRES the presence of the VBRUN100.DLL library in
your Windows directory in order to run.
This is an upgrade to Convert version 0.8 and includes many more
features and conversions. The following dimensions are now included:
Mass, Length, Time, Speed, Temperature, Volume, Area, Force, Energy,
and Power. In all, there are more than 80 units within the above
dimensions making up over 750 possible conversions.
Some other new features included in this version are:
ùThe ability to display the converted number in either standard or
scientific notation.
ùThe ability to specify that the converted number be displayed with
from 0 to 16 decimal places.
ùThe ability to paste the results to the clipboard (e.g. "3 Pounds =
48 Ounces")
ùThe capability to change the color schemes of the conversion
forms.
There is no help for the program as everything should be
straightforward. The possible exceptions to this are AU -
Astronomical Unit, and v/c - velocity (speed, to be precise)
relative to the speed of light (v/c = 0.9 means 90% of the speed of
light). The time value for a year was based on the ephemeris second
of the tropical year 1900 January 0d 12h. If you don't understand
the preceding sentence, then don't worry about it - it's not
important. The furlongs per fortnight was included for those
individuals who joke about such a unit and may have idly wondered
how big it really is. Also, all variables in Convert are double
precision, but the answer can only be as accurate as the original
number. That is, all those digits don't mean anything if your
original value was obtained with a wooden ruler.
***NOTES***
Convert has a default color scheme that bugs some people.
Therefore, a command line switch is included to start the program
with all white colors. Simply type "convrt10 w" in the Run
selection under the File menu of Program Manager. When including
Convert as a Program Item in one of your Program Groups, enter
"convrt10 w" in the "Command Line:" box to start the program with
all white colors. If the above is too much trouble, just click
"options" and "colors" from within the program to change colors.
Note that the color changes won't take effect until you actually hit
the "convert" button.
The box for displaying the result of conversions was sized based on
displaying the number in scientific notation with 16 decimal
places. Since you can specify standard notation (123,456,789,...,...
), very large numbers may overflow the display box. If this
happens, click "Number Format", set scientific notation, and hit
"convert" again [Any time you change the number format, you must
click "convert" again for the changes to be displayed]. If you
really want to see the number in standard notation, paste the result
to the clipboard. When the clipboard is opened, you will be able to
see the all the digits - over 300 in some cases!
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This program is shareware; you are given a free three week trial
period to determine if Convert is useful for your purposes. If you
decide to keep the program, you must register it by sending $15.00 to
the address at the end of this file. Users who register Convert
version 0.8 (for a fee of $10) before 1 August 1992 will receive a free
registered copy (i.e., sans intro screen) of version 1.0. You may
freely distribute Convert as long as no fee is charged for it other
than a nominal fee for the media (not to exceed $5.00). Convert is
copyrighted software and as such may not be altered in any way, and
must be distributed with all files intact. Convert consists of the
following files:
CONVRT10.EXE 88,918 bytes
README.TXT 6,432 bytes
If enough interest is generated by this utility, it may be expanded
to include more conversions and features. Even if you decide not to
keep Convert, please send me any comments, questions, gripes, or
suggestions that you may have. I am especially interested in the
discovery of any bugs or inaccuracies, and suggestions for features
you would like to see in future versions.
INTERNET: gries@mdcgwy.mdc.com
PRODIGY: ftnv47a
AMERICA ONLINE: gries man
Special thanks to Shannon Craddock for support, encouragement, and
ideas.
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LEGAL STUFF
W A R R A N T Y
Convert is provided AS IS without any warranty, express or
implied. This includes without limitation the fitness for a
particular purpose or application and any warranties of
merchantability.
While I tried to be as thorough as possible while debugging Convert,
Gries Toy Company/Brian Gries shall not be liable for any damages,
whether direct, indirect, special, or consequential arising from a
failure of this program or accompanying files to operate in a manner
desired by the user. Gries Toy Company/Brian Gries shall not be
liable for any damage to data or property which may by caused
directly or indirectly by use of this program.
In no event will Gries Toy Company/Brian Gries be liable to you for
any damages, including any lost profits, lost savings or other
incidental or consequential damages arising out of your use or
inability to use the program, or for any claim by any other party.
In other words, I'm not responsible for anything. Nothing, zero,
zip, zilch, the natural log of one, and the number of sentient beings
in Congress. But I hope you enjoy it anyway.
Convert is Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 by
Gries Toy Company/Brian Gries
303 El Toro Blvd.
Webster, TX 77598
(713) 280-0911
All Rights Reserved